There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small ...

Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a treasured birthday present. As the years went on, most of those trains were ...

Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.

Dodge sets one of his N scale trains on its track. “N scale” comes from the word “nine,” because the width of the track is 9 millimeters. Museum visitors take in the trains at the Union Pacific ...

BOISE, Idaho — Chugging through Idaho’s history, model railroad clubs in the Treasure Valley serve as places of community. The smaller-than-life trains at the Old Boise Model Railroad Club and ...

Most of us would be pretty happy with ourselves if we made one of those neat “epoxy river” types of art for our home. Not so with prolific maker [Peter Waldraff]. [Peter] is a skilled craftsman with a ...

Despite all the electronic temptations that bombard young and old these days, model trains remain a crowd-pleaser. The Lilliputian world of model trains, this miniscule and perfect universe, continues ...